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Fall 2019
May 04, 2024 |
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| Principles of Public Management - 42838 - PADG 5130 - OL1 |
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Associated Term: Fall 2019
Levels: Graduate, Graduate Second Degree, Graduate Third Degree, Licensure Only, Graduate, Undergraduate Distance Learning Campus Lecture Schedule Type Web-Based Instructional Method Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this course, students will: 1. enhance their understanding of the role of federalist and anti-federalist philosophies in the development of current government policy and their impact on contemporary public-sector decision-making. 2. explain the nature and scope of public administration and comprehend key public administration principles reflected in the paradigms of the academic evolution of public administration. 3. explain the characteristics of the ideal bureaucracy and the challenges of public bureaucracy in contemporary settings, including those of ethics and accountability. 4. comprehend how the key principles of public management are linked to classic models of public policy formation and implementation, organizational theory and behavior, leadership, personnel and budgeting in the public sector. 5. apply theory to current dilemmas in real-life organizational settings through the analysis of a case study, practitioner video presentations, class discussions and the management research paper. 6. enhance proficiency in critical analysis, research, writing and library and Internet research; the latter using primary e-journals and other electronic resources of the field. Required Materials: REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED TEXTS Required (3): 1) Public Administration: An Introduction, by Marc Holzer and Richard Schwester (2/e: 2016) M.E.Sharpe Publishing. ISBN-13: 978-0-7656-3911-0. [PAPERBACK]. Purchase the paperback edition with the presidents on Mt. Rushmore on the cover. This text will be available for purchase at the NCCU Bookstore. Used copies are available via Amazon. 2) The Biographical Dictionary of Public Administration, by Patricia Wigfall and Behrooz Kalantari (1/e: 2001) Greenwood Press. ISBN-13: 978-0313302039. This text will be available for purchase at the NCCU Bookstore. A copy of this text is on reserve in NCCU's Shepard Library. Used copies are available via Amazon. 3) Implementation: How Great Expectations in Washington are Dashed in Oakland; or Why It’s Amazing that Federal Programs Work at all, by J. Pressman and A. Wildavsky.(1973; 1984) University of California Press. This text will be available for purchase at the NCCU Bookstore. Used copies are available via Amazon. Recommended (3): 1) I am [Not] a Writer… [and] I am [Just] in Graduate School: A Guide to Writing Critically, Clearly and Coherently, by Vernetta Williams (2016) Chrysalis Consulting. ISBN: 978-153-392916. This book is available via Amazon. 2) Public Administration and Public Affairs, by Nicholas Henry. any ed. Longman (11/e). Used copies of the hardback version of this book are available via Amazon at a cost of $11.43. 3) Classics of Public Administration, by Jay Shafritz and Albert Hyde (2003) Brooks/Cole Publishing (Pacific Grove, California. Used copies of the paperback version of this book are available via Amazon at a cost of $2.00. Technical Requirements: NOTE: Access to computer and high speed internet, as well as a working knowledge of Blackboard are required. (For help with Blackboard, go to:https://help.blackboard.com/enus/Learn/9.1_2014_04/Student.) Blackboard Collaborate and Screencast-O-Matic may be used in the course --both requiring a webcam and microphone. View Catalog Entry
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